CVE-2009-3829

Integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c in Wireshark before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted erf file, related to an "unsigned integer wrap vulnerability."

• CWE-189

• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/erf.c?view=markup&pathrev=29364Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37477
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/676492Patch, US Government Resource
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3849
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5979
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9945
• http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/trunk/wiretap/erf.c?view=markup&pathrev=29364Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37477
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/676492Patch, US Government Resource
• http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.2.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3849
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5979
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9945

Published

Oct 30, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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